Medical Technology

CT scans may soon link human remains to missing persons

The Resilience Project seeks to find people who are unaffected by genetic mutations that would normally cause severe and fatal disorders

FDA action will put new warnings on the devices, regulate them like other machines that emit radiation

Low-power laser light shined on damaged rat teeth activates growth factors that cue stem cells to generate the tooth constituent dentin, leading to regeneration.  Dina Fine Maron reports

 

Biologist Gerald Edelman–one of the truly great scientific characters I’ve encountered, whose work raised profound questions about the limits of science—has died.

The placenta is full of microbes, a new study finds, raising questions about how that ecosystem and mothers' oral health influence the risk of preterm birth

I recently got into an argument, again, about cancer. The occasion was a talk by one of my colleagues at Stevens Institute, philosopher Gregory Morgan, on the fascinating history of research into cancer-causing viruses.

Lawmakers spar over FDA Regulations

Concerns that stem cells  could cause cancer in recipients are fading further with a new study

Editors note: Matty Litwack will be appearing live at the Laughing Devil Comedy Festival in New York City May 14-18. One year ago, I thought I was going to die.

In 2006, a man named Jasper Lawrence travelled to Africa to infect himself with hookworm by walking barefoot in a steaming mound of human excrement.

This is a guest post from my friend and former colleague Tami Lieberman. She’s a postdoc in the Kishony Lab in the Department of Systems Biology at the Harvard Medical School, and you follow her on twitter @conTAMInatedsci.